The other day, I was browsing around on Ravelry, looking for tops with drapey necklines. For some reason, I ended up with this new project instead: the Paloma cap-sleeve blouse from French Girl Knits. I already had the book, and I was soon able to match it up with an appropriate stashed yarn. This is what makes Ravelry great! I was off and knitting within minutes.
This week, Ravelry posted a message that they had the ONE MILLIONTH person join the website. Wowsers! Hooray! Congrats Ravelry! Just in case you have been under a rock or something for a couple of years, and you haven’t heard of it — Ravelry is a unique free website for fiber lovers that was started in May 2007. The founders say:
Sep 28
As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I have been knitting some hats at the request of a friend in New Zealand whose breast cancer has, unfortunately, returned.
It was kind of cute: in her email request, she actually offered to PAY me.
Aug 20
Over at the [Knitting Daily->] blog, they’ve been discussing the design process used by Michelle Rose Orne in her book, Inspired to Knit. I haven’t gotten the book yet, but Michelle’s description of her design process intrigues me:
Jun 26
OK, I got game. (Whatever that means.)
I also still got plenty of UFO’s.
So, here goes: I’m officially entering the 2008 Summer UFOlympic Games.
Welllll, kind of officially. There’s some wiggle room there, I think.
Feb 19
Admittedly, I haven’t written much in the past week (heck, I haven’t written anything). But, I have an excellent excuse reason. Actually, several reasons…
#1 reason is, I have a bad Continental knitting habit of using my right index finger to help out on each and every stitch. I don’t actually need to use it — I can knit and purl without moving it at all, if I think about it. As I say, it’s a bad habit, which means I do it more-or-less unconsciously. I even demonstrate it to new Continental knitters in my classes as a great example of what not to do.
Of course, this means I’m in at [Ravelry->].
Actually, I got invited about a week ago, but haven’t had time to go exploring before now. What fun! Lots to do!
Unfortunately for me, someone already has the username “tessknits” – so on Ravelry I’m now known as “tessm”. Maybe we should start a group on Ravelry for knitters named Tess? Both of us!
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